Friday 24 July 2009

Summer make over for the garden.


Remember this?? this is what it looked like at the end of the winter.

A complete pictorial progress report on the state of my garden. I've used lots of these in different blogs about my garden make over but I thought I would try to sort out the photos and get them all into one album, and all in some sort of order..........As progress continues, I will add more.
Just added pictures of the white and blue paint now that it's finished.
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50 comments:

  1. heidi breuer24 July 2009 at 07:08

    wow now you can sit back and be very very proud of yoursel loretta-

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  2. deb thegardener24 July 2009 at 07:08

    nice grouping!

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  3. Wulfie Shado24 July 2009 at 07:09

    Very nice.

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  4. deb thegardener24 July 2009 at 07:10

    LOVE IT!

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  5. deb thegardener24 July 2009 at 07:11

    yup, what heidi said! well done, you! it's time to sit back, relax and celebrate! ; D

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  6. Brenda B24 July 2009 at 07:19

    Wow! Your fence did need painting! I loved your winter garden

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  7. Infinite Possibilities aKuna Kumara24 July 2009 at 07:19

    what a lovely place to enjoy

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  8. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 07:48

    It DOES snow in England. LOL

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  9. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 07:49

    That IS pretty.

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  10. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 07:50

    Snowdrops?

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  11. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 07:51

    That almost looks like a rosemary. The big one not the daffodil.

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  12. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 07:53

    I have Honeysuckle, just the plain white and yellow, all along my fence and I'm trying to train it to go across the open area on my hill so I don't have to weedeat there.

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  13. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 07:54

    Is this your composter?

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  14. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 08:00

    I adore the frogs!!!

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  15. Cille Shaner24 July 2009 at 08:03

    You have such a lovely garden. It shows all the hard work you've put into it.

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  16. Frank S24 July 2009 at 08:41

    "Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing: -"Oh, how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade."

    ~ Rudyard Kipling, "The Glory of the Garden"

    Your hard work shows and a lovely effort it is.

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  17. loretta xxxx24 July 2009 at 08:54

    Thank you Cille, yes we have snow every year, I live in Scotland and it is roughly the same latitude and similar climate and terraine as Vancouver. Yes they are snowdrops and yes that is rosemary. I love honysuckle too, unfortunatly of the two plants I bought only one survived, I'm not sure why.

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  18. Susan Bevry24 July 2009 at 09:28

    I like how you are using an old toilet for a growing pot! :)

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  19. Acoustic Eagle24 July 2009 at 13:06

    Actually this is a really good showcase for all your hard efforts. It's a trophy case of pics. How long before all the work is done?

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  20. loretta xxxx24 July 2009 at 13:21

    The rain is delaying me at the moment. All I have left to do is paint the doors and the gates with the gloss paint. I have a few containers to fill, the sink has to be attached to the wall and filled with plants and there is a little masonry painting left to do. Most of that should have been done this week because I am having my granddaughter stay next week The original plan was to finish by this weekend, spend one week with my granddaughter and spend the last two weeks of the holiday relaxing and doing a bit of art work. BUT.. like i said, because of the rain I am behind schedule.

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  21. Acoustic Eagle24 July 2009 at 13:25

    I know that feeling, of doing all the hard work and looking forward to the time of completion. One day at a time. Good going, there, Loretta.

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  22. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:21

    I really like this shot, it has a kind of optical effect going on in the patterns.

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  23. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:22

    Awaiting the warmth of Spring.............

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  24. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:23

    No snow, just snowdrops :-))

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  25. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:23

    The green shoots of Spring :-))

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  26. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:23

    I like that pot!!

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  27. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:24

    Rock garden? LOL.

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  28. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:24

    Coming along..........

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  29. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:28

    Is that a bog-standard layout for a garden? LOL. And I see you have some bottle-brush trees, too!!

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  30. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:28

    Very creative.......I like it!!

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  31. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:28

    Looks good with all the flowers out.

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  32. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:29

    Is this one of the fences you were repainting? I like the idea of blue for fencing.

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  33. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:31

    That's an odd-looking thing.

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  34. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:32

    That daff looks a bit lonesome.

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  35. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:35

    ~tick tock~ I hear summer approaching.......

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  36. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:36

    Some little helpers :-))

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  37. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:41

    I like how you set the bath to make it into a pond.

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  38. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:42

    The little plastic frogs are a nice touch :-))

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  39. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:43

    Ribbet!!

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  40. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:43

    More small help!! LOL.

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  41. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:43

    Looks great there!!!

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  42. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:44

    I love those things (the name eludes me).

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  43. Mitchy LR24 July 2009 at 17:45

    A fine crop of dandelions :-))

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  44. Sandy .24 July 2009 at 23:23

    you certainly put in some hard work on this bush/hedge

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  45. Sandy .24 July 2009 at 23:26

    really cute helpers

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  46. Sandy .24 July 2009 at 23:32

    you have certainly, along with your little helpers, loretta,,put in a lot of hard work towards your garden,,it really looks wonderful,,and i like the blue for the fence

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  47. bennett ~25 July 2009 at 07:41

    Great picture!

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  48. bennett ~25 July 2009 at 07:42

    Another really nice picture.

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  49. bennett ~25 July 2009 at 07:44

    I just love your photos - the angles, shapes and colors.

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  50. bennett ~25 July 2009 at 07:45

    Is that a rabbit? In the dandelions up by the top.

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